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   James Gleick (gleick@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 00:42:39 JST James Gleick

   The Biden administration made the overdose epidemic a priority and took a series of actions to control it, including:
   —expanded access to addiction treatment, including methadone and buprenorphine,
   —created a National Response Plan to combat fentanyl and xylazine,
   —permitted Medicaid reimbursement for addiction treatment services.

   Now the NY Times reports a sharp decrease in overdose deaths and a dramatic reversal in the spread of fentanyl. (1/2)

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     James Gleick (gleick@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 09:51:59 JST James Gleick

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     So, credit to the Biden administration?

     No! The whole thing is just a big mystery: “researchers and federal and state health officials have puzzled over the exact reasons for the decrease, including why overdoses have fallen so much in recent months.”

     https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/us/politics/drug-overdose-deaths-decrease.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MU4.z6HD.18lQGD0Xcuyo&smid=url-share (2/2)